reg 5 Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989
The following shall be inserted after regulation 104(3): (4) Paragraphs (3A) to (11) of regulation 105 shall apply and regulation 105A shall apply where costs are assessed by an Area Director under paragraph (1) as they apply to an assessment under that regulation; provided that the references to the time limit in regulation 105(3A) shall be construed as references to: (a) the date three months after the termination of the solicitor’s retainer, where the retainer is determined before proceedings are begun, or where the assisted person’s certificate is revoked or discharged; or (b) otherwise, the date three months after the determination of the proceedings, whether in a magistrates' court or another court. (5) Subject to paragraph (4), regulations 105 to 110 shall not apply to costs in respect of proceedings in a magistrates' court to which this regulation applies.